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The world is interconnected. Trade; communication technologies; health and security concerns; our shared environment; and personal relationships tie us all together.

Careers in the public, private, and non-profit sectors demand professionals who reflect and understand that interdependence. Graduate schools of international affairs help you to weave these different strands together — and set you apart from other candidates.

International affairs programs equip graduates with an understanding of regions, languages, and global trends. They provide skills in project management; problem solving; teamwork; and analysis. Cross-cultural training is not an add-on to the curriculum; rather, students live it every day as they mix with classmates from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Employers seek professionals who can find order in chaos; who can contextualize, and connect ideas; who inspire others; who can create the future as the world changes around them.

Master the underlying principles of this interconnected world.

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Boston University

Najam’s Keynote to Young Diplomats Focuses on Building a Better International Order

Professor Adil Najam, WWF’s Global President and Dean Emeritus and Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School, was invited to deliver the keynote address at the XIXth Summer School for Young Diplomats, held in Kolašin, Montenegro, making it his third year attending. Organized by Montenegro’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in partnership with UNDP and the country’s Diplomatic Academy, the annual program brought together young diplomats and foreign service professionals from nearly 50 countries for a week of training, dialogue, and collaboration on the future of diplomacy. This year marked not only the 19th installment of this program, but the 20th year of Montenegro’s independence....

Boston University

Mondesire Explores the Future of Black Internationalism in New Essay

In an essay published in part of the 25th anniversary volume of SOULS, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of Black Studies, Zachary Mondesire, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School, examines how Black internationalist movements have understood global struggles for justice and why some contemporary crises receive greater attention than others. Titled “On the Black International Gaze,” the essay asks a provocative question: why has Black internationalist solidarity mobilized so powerfully around Palestine while often engaging more cautiously with conflicts in places such as Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo?...

Boston University

Mako Co-Authors Chapter on Iraq’s Ba’th Party Archives

Shamiran Mako, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Pardee School, has co-authored the opening chapter of a new edited volume from Stanford University Press, The Ba’th Party Archives and the Study of Iraqi Politics and History, edited by Samuel Helfont and Lisa Blaydes. Co-authored with Marsin Alshamary and titled “Arrested History: Hierarchized Knowledge Production and Iraq’s Ba’th Party Archives,” the chapter opens the volume by confronting one of its most pressing tensions directly....

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